First of all, let's get the age issue out of the way. I am 46, but
I didn't want to be excluded by an age-based search. Happily
divorced for 6 years now.
Another possible deal-breaker is that I have a 14-year-old son who
lives with his mother. I spend an afternoon a week and roughly
every other weekend with him. I'm open to having more children with
the right person. Actually, I would like that, although if I end up
with someone who adamantly doesn't want kids, I won't be
crushed.
If you haven't been deterred, keep reading...

Originally from Paris, I've been in NYC for over 17 years now, and
I love it, although I go back regularly to visit. These days, I
meet more Americans in Paris than in New York!
I am very easygoing, not a snob like the stereotypical Frenchman. I
could describe myself as warm, confident, honest, and fairly
ambitious. I enjoy going out for a good meal, a play, a movie, live
music - not much of a night clubber - but also staying home for a
movie and some wine. I don't take myself too seriously, even though
my work can involve life or death situations. I'm an
anesthesiologist and critical care specialist, and I love my job,
but when my workday is over, it's over!
My sense of humor can be quirky but playful. I'm a glass-half-full
person and I always see the silver lining.

I've visited most of Europe, including Russia, the Ukraine and the
Caucasus, Iceland, most of North America, Saudi Arabia and
Dubai/Abu Dhabi, Japan, China and Singapore, Turkey, but I still
have a lot of destinations of my wish list: next Argentina, India,
Iran maybe?
In my opinion, one of the greatest ways to spend an evening is
simply with good friends, having some wine and remaking the
world.
I am not an athlete, but I keep in shape. Krav maga (a martial art
developed by the Israeli military) is a great workout, plus you
never know when it could come in handy. Watching sports, on the
other hand, has never really interested me.
One thing that fascinates me is learning about other people and
what makes them tick...

What I am looking for: someone who is smart, kind, caring,
considerate, passionate, honest, adventurous, with a playful sense
of humor. Chemistry is very important and cannot be figured out
online or over the phone, so I am all for meeting early. At this
point in my life, I am done with having short-term fun, and I'm
looking for a long-term relationship.
The physical aspect is also a significant part of a relationship,
and in that respect I am looking for someone who is not
inhibited.
I am a great listener, and you can vent to me about your day; I
won't offer solutions unless you ask me to.

I spend a fair amount of time working, with some research and
teaching to keep it interesting and challenging.
The rest of the time, I try to have fun, and to be creative and
productive, sometimes at the same time, sometimes not.

- music: from opera (Wagner, Mozart) to blues and indie rock (by no
means an expert though)
- movies: Happy-Go-Lucky, Pulp Fiction, Deconstructing Harry, Wild
Strawberries, La femme d'à côté by Truffaut, Les enfants du
paradis, Dhobi Ghat, La mala educación by Almodóvar, Conte de Noël
by Desplechin, Carlos, Ma nuit chez Maud by Rohmer. The inn scene
in "Inglourious Basterds" by Tarantino, and especially the immortal
line "Say auf wiedersehen to your Nazi balls!"
- novels (I enjoyed A Visit From The Goon Squad, Super Sad True
Love Story, Murakami, kind of grazing on Infinite Jest but moving
slowly, currently reading 2666 by Roberto Bolaño ; The Master and
Margarita is one of my favorites, even though I realize I probably
don't get 9/10 of it; Nabokov and Philip Roth; Céline, Gide,
Yourcenar) or non-fiction.
- Art (in small doses). My favorite painter is Egon Schiele. The
Alexander McQueen show at the Met was amazing.
- Having been born and raised in France, I enjoy good food and
wine, but I'm not a snob and I like BBQ with a beer or a bacon
cheeseburger with fries from the local diner or BLT burger (not too
often though) as well. I enjoy cooking when I have time, and I can
make black rice with squid (with squid ink), the kind that I
enjoyed in Barcelona, and mine is almost as good... I also make a
mean tarte Tatin and a good cheesecake. Oh, and crêpes! Girls have
dated me just for the crêpes...

Music.
Books, the paper kind; I don't have a Kindle but I read some books
on the Kindle app on my phone or computer, easier to carry
around.
Good wine and good food.
My Mac. I'm not as enamored of the iPhone.
Love and sex.
Friends and family (some family members at least) but these are not
things.

- my next project(s). I have a textbook published that needs to be
promoted, I am now working on a novelized memoir, and trying to get
funding for my research.
- my next vacation/trip.
- Song covers and how they can be better than the original version.
Why is Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah more touching than Leonard
Cohen's, or the Stones' cover of Love in Vain
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao9Rbr7uybQ) very different but
more emotional than the Robert Johnson original recording
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07T3h0b93Rg)?